Howtown
Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District.
Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale.
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Worth seeing in and around Howtown
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ullswater
Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England. It is part of the Lake District and is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere.
2.5 km · lake in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 02Beda Fell
Beda Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated to the south of Ullswater. It divides the valleys of Boredale and Bannerdale within the Martindale system.
3.1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Bonscale Pike
Bonscale Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Howtown on Ullswater. It is the northern end of a spur running north north west from Loadpot Hill on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells.
1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Hallin Fell
Hallin Fell is a hill in the English Lake District surrounded on three sides by Ullswater.
900 m · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Loadpot Hill
Loadpot Hill is a fell in the English Lake District, between Haweswater and Ullswater.
2.1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06All Saints Church, Watermillock
All Saints Church is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in the village of Watermillock, Cumbria. It serves the scattered settlement of Watermillock, as well as outlying farms and hamlets on the northern shore of Ullswater.
3.4 km · church in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Steel Knotts
Steel Knotts is a fell in the English Lake District, near to Ullswater in the Far Eastern Fells. It stands between the valleys of Fusedale and Martindale on a ridge running north–south.
1.7 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Wether Hill
Wether Hill is a fell in the English Lake District, between Martindale and Haweswater. It lies on the main north-south ridge of the Far Eastern Fells between Loadpot Hill and High Raise.
3.4 km · mountain in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Arthur's Pike
Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells.
2 km · fell in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 10St Martin's Church, Martindale
St Martin's Church, Martindale is located in the valley of Martindale in Cumbria, England. It is often referred to as the "Old Church" to avoid confusion with the nearby St Peter's Church which is situated half a mile down the valley.
1.6 km · church in Eden, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Howtown
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 91 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 111 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 126 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Howtown92 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £11–15
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Howtown121 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £17–23
- Liverpool → Howtown129 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £16–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Howtown
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Howtown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on the Transport for London Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames.
- Get aroundThe ferry operates between Woolwich and North Woolwich (Silvertown) and is free.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Wightlink ferries betweenː Lymington, Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Fishbourne, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Ryde, Isle of Wight You must make a reservation at no additional cost.
- Get aroundBikes are stowed on the ferry car decks of car ferries or the bike store on Portsmouth–Ryde Pier Head FastCats.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Red Funnel ferries betweenː Southampton, Hampshire and West Cowes, Isle of Wight Southampton, Hampshire and East Cowes, Isle of Wight You can bring bicycles on board free of charge.
From Wikivoyage: Cycling in England and Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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Next door to Howtown
- Martindalevillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK1.7 km
- Matterdalecivil parish in Cumbria, UK3.4 km
- Watermillockvillage in Cumbria, England, UK2.7 km